How does the actual Scopes Trial differ from its movie
portrayal in Inherit the Wind? (ch.
7)

Who are Richard Dawkins and Stephen Jay Gould? How did they
clash? (ch. 9)

Be able to summarize the Roger DeHart episode. (ch. 13)

What is Michael Behe’s concept of irreducible complexity?
Give an example of an irreducibly complex system. Why do irreducibly complex
systems pose an obstacle to Darwinian processes? (44-45, 175)

Is design detectible? How? (171-174)

What is science? Is ID science? Why or why not? Is Darwinian
evolution science? Why or why not? (ch. 14)

What do you think about the claim that “bad design means no
design”? (ch. 15)

What is panspermia? (ch. 15)

Phillip Johnson’s DARWIN ON TRIAL

Why are the fossils a problem for evolutionary theory? What
is the Cambrian explosion? What is a phylum? What is the plural form of
“phylum”? Explain why the Cambrian explosion is incompatible with common
descent. What is common descent? (ch. 4)

How do evolutionists try to justify that evolution is both a
fact and a theory? What is the difference between a fact and a theory? (ch. 5)

What is the difference between prebiological and biological
evolution? How well do scientists understand prebiological evolution? (ch. 8)

Are there “rules” to science? If so, what are they? Who
makes the rules of science? Can they change? Should they change? (ch. 9)

What is the difference between science and pseudoscience?
Why do critics regard ID as pseudoscience? Is there a case to be made that
Darwinism is itself a pseudoscience? How so? (ch. 12)

What is the Santorum amendment? What happened to the amendment?
Is it still influential? (240-252)

Be able to name at least five prominent ID proponents and
summarize what they are known for in the ID debate and why their work is
controversial. (passim)

Because this book is so scattershot and
because it is the basis for your critical review, I won’t be asking much about
it on the exam. You will need to have read it carefully, though, to write a
good review.